Sotheby’s London will offer 18 monumental works from the Jerwood Sculpture Collection in its Modern and Post-War British Art Evening and Day Sales on 10th and 11th May 2012. Highlights from the Collection, which has been exhibited in the grounds of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire since 2005, include important works by Antony [Read More]
A stunning selection of diamonds, sapphires, rare pieces with unusual settings and items of royal provenance will be offered in the Fine Jewelry sale taking place at Bonhams on April 25th in London, New Bond Street. A 1987 sapphire and diamond ‘Fuschia’ brooch by Van Cleef and Arpels is one of the [Read More]
Bonhams is pleased offer several artworks from the Serendipity Bookstore in Berkeley, CA on May 21 during its ‘Made in California: Post-War & Contemporary Art’ auction. Highlights from the collection will include “Untitled (Magic Mountain),” 1955 (est. $10,000-15,000) by noted San Francisco artist, Jess (Collins). Peter Howard [1939-2011] of the landmark Bay [Read More]
The Antique Arms and Armor auction at Bonhams, June 11, will feature such highlights as a sword presented to Civil War Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, as well as a cased pair of the earliest known dueling pistols made by the prestigious English gun-maker, James Purdey. The historic figural hilt presentation sword [Read More]
An intricate cameo brooch gifted by Caroline Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon I that was sourced in Scotland is one of the highlights of the Fine Jewellery sale, taking place at Bonhams on April 25th in London, New Bond Street. Designed by the Roman gem-engraver Nicolo Morelli who was patronised by [Read More]
Christie’s announced the forthcoming Antiquities sale and The Groppi Collection, to be held on Thursday, 26 April 2012 at Christie’s South Kensington saleroom. Altogether featuring 397 lots, the auction is expected to realise between £5.8 million and £8.6 million. The April sale follows a successful 2011 for Christie’s Antiquities department, with sales [Read More]
Bonhams is to auction an ex-GTC Gulf Team Davidoff 1997 McLaren F1 GTR ‘Longtail’ FIA GT Endurance Racing Coupe, at it’s Quail Lodge Sale,. The McLaren F1 GTR design is from that pantheon of victors, including the legendary Ford GT40 and Porsche 917K, to wear Gulf Oil’s charismatic pale-blue and orange team [Read More]
MARLBOROUGH, Mass – Skinner, Inc., a leading full-service auctioneer and appraiser of antiques and fine art, today announced a new timed auction platform, which will debut as a part of Skinner’s upcoming Fine Wines auction starting May 3rd. Also known as a ‘timed auction,’ a portion of the upcoming sale will be [Read More]
I.M. Chait’s industry-leading Natural History sales are a showcase for once-in-a-lifetime specimens, like the spectacular meteorite from Mars that headlines the company’s May 6 auction. Extraordinarily rare, the fist-size rock that landed in an African desert last July 18 probably took hundreds of millions of years to travel from Mars to earth. [Read More]
The infamous “Buckner Ball” from the 1986 World Series, Game Six, perhaps the most recognized baseball in the world, is being offered without reserve as the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ May 3-5 Vintage Sports Collectibles Signature® Auction. The ball is part of The Seth Swirsky Collection, a grouping of exceptional pieces of [Read More]
The bowl was by far the top lot of two sales held in March by Woody Auction, based in Kansas. (DOUGLASS, Kan.) – A stunning American Brilliant Cut Glass three-color, cut to clear bowl by Dorflinger, in the Montrose pattern and in outstanding condition, sold for $65,000 at a cut glass auction [Read More]
The auction will be held at the firm’s spacious gallery, located in Boynton Beach, Florida. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – Around 400 lots of rare Russian works, collectible Asian objects, wonderful estate jewelry and fine decorative arts will cross the block on Saturday, April 28, at Elite Decorative Arts, in the firm’s spacious [Read More]
Christie’s New York will present a sale of exceptional jewelry on April 17 at its flagship Rockefeller Center saleroom. The auction features over 300 individual jewels, including top-quality diamonds, gemstones, natural pearls and signed jewels, with auction estimates ranging from $2,000 up to $8 million. The total sale is expected to achieve [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company’s Photographs and The Face of Modernism: A Private West Coast Collection at 450 Park Avenue, sold 90% by value and 81% by lot totaling $6,101,400. Sally Mann Candy Cigarette, 1989. Sold for $266,500. Image courtesy of Phillips de Pury & Company World auction records were set for [Read More]
An extraordinary Brazilian Pedro I gold Coronation 6,400 Reis of 1822R, just one of 64 minted, provides a historic and emotional anchor to the 5,300+-lot Heritage Auctions’ World & Ancient Coins CICF Signature® Auction, April 26-30, at the Crown Plaza Hotel, in Rosemont, IL. It is expected to bring $100,000+. The auction [Read More]
Over 150 examples of high-quality fine American and European paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints will cross the block on Thursday, April 26, at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, in the firm’s gallery located at 354 Woodmont Road in Milford. Internet bidding will be facilitated by www.ArtFact.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be [Read More]
Heritage Auctions, the official auctioneer of the Central States Numismatic Society Show, will offer more than 3,400 lots of rare and collectible currency as part of its Signature® Currency Auction being held April 18-20, in Schaumburg, IL and on April 22. The lots will be offered in four floor sessions, along with [Read More]
Sotheby’s will present their annual sales of African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art on 11 May 2012 in New York. Luluwa Helmet Mask, Democratic Republic Of The Congo. Height 12 inches. Est $1.5/2.5 million The auctions will be dominated by works from distinguished private collections much of which has not appeared on the [Read More]